New York City’s school smartphone ban has improved focus and movement in classrooms but revealed an unexpected skills gap: many students cannot read analogue clocks. Teachers across the city say ...

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They just forgot that skill because they never used it, because they always pulled out their phone,” said Cheyenne Francis, ...

NYC's cellphone ban in schools has led to the unexpected issue of students struggling to read analog clocks, as they rely heavily on digital timekeeping. Despite attempts to curb device use, students ...

Officials said the error is likely too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.